FREE A MARINE TO FIGHT: Women Marines in World War II
Posted in: WMAby Colonel Mary V Stremlow, USMCR (Ret)Marines in World War II Commemorative Series Some stories sound too contrived to be true, yet are repeated too often to be dismissed as mere folklore. One such tale was rescued and restored to its rightful place in history when Mary Eddy Furman confirmed that, yes, the portrait of
Change of Command | The Periscope
Posted in: WMAThe Change of Command involves the exchange of the Marine Corps flag. Lt. Col. Dwayne Whiteside, right, hands the flag to Lt. Col. Wendy Goyette By Ed Buczek
She’s seen combat, jumped from planes & done time in DC. Now she sees every woman who wants to be a Marine | The Midwest Marines
Posted in: WMAPlay April 2, 2010 The Midwest Marines – Lt. Col. Roberta Shea is a combat veteran from Iraq and Afghanistan with the combat action ribbon to prove it. She’s jumped from airplanes, directed the Commandant’s staff, served at Guantanamo Bay, seen time in both the enlisted and officer ranks, graduated the U.S. Naval Academy
Logistics NCO setting example for fellow women warriors
Posted in: WMACAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.- Cpl. Amy Gentry, a military policeman with Military Police Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, stands in the company’s vehicle compound aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 11, 2010. Gentry won the second place in the Individual Pistol portion of the Camp Lejeune 2010 Intramural Small-Arms Competition held in early
The Women of War – CLB-3’s Female Engagement Team trains with ‘The Professionals’
Posted in: WMAMARINE CORPS AIR-GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -Lance Cpl. Katherine Venezia, motor transport operator, Motor Transport Company B, CLB-3, and native of Leesburg, Va., scans the area during a patrol exercise Sunday at the Combat Center here. Venezia and approximately 30 other Marines volunteered to join CLB-3’s Female Engagement Team., Cpl. Danny H. Woodall,
Female Marine wounded in Afghanistan – Awarded Purple Heart
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Female Engagement Team visits Afghan students, delivers school supplies
Posted in: WMATwo Female Engagement Team Marines (wearing a teal green and red head scarf) sit with students July 28 at a school in Urayan village, Herat province, Afghanistan. Coalition forces dropped off school supplies to the school and spoke to the children about the importance of an education. The students were thankful for the supplies and
Life of a Lioness – Cpl Jennifer Parcell
Posted in: WMACPL Jennifer Parcell, 20, of Bel Air, Md.; assigned to Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan; died Feb. 7 while supporting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Cpl. Jennifer Marie Parcell. She was a Marine and by all accounts a damn good Marine at that. Like many
They were called Lady Leathernecks
Posted in: WMAThe Walton Tribune Published May 30, 2010 The Marine Corp wasn’t hunting for female heroes in 1943. They needed women to replace battle-ready men who were desperately needed in the field. This was a time for men and women to step up, to make a sacrifice for their country. She was called a Lady Leatherneck,
Reflections on DI Duty
Posted in: WMA6/16/2010 Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jeremy Ross Staff Sgt. Petall Ward, operations chief, Food Service Company, Combat Logistics Regiment-27, showcases memorabilia from her days as a drill instructor. Ward served a 3-year tour at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. “I’ve always liked the whole discipline aspect of the Marine Corps,”
Sgt Angela O’Gorman, USMC (Oral History Project)
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Blast from the Past: When duty called / Female Marines in World War II paved the way for a new generation of soldiers
Posted in: WMAApril 13, 2003 By Carolyne Zinko, Pati Poblete, Chronicle Staff Writers Inga Ferris is silent when asked how she felt seeing images of prisoner of war Pfc. Jessica Lynch on a stretcher after being rescued from an Iraqi hospital. “Relief, fear . . . peace,” she musters. But, above all, “disbelief” that women in the